FIJI MEMORIES

Last week we arrived home from Fiji.  We were there for 7 nights and we had a blast!  We all loved it so so much.  Mum and dad were at the resort too (but in separate rooms) when we got there and so we spent the week with them.  We stayed at the Worldmark resort in Denarau Island,  it was beautiful!   We all got lots of sun and lived in the water and really relaxed and enjoyed spending time with mum and dad and the kids.  Here are a few photos of some of our favourite memories while we were there.  We already want to start planning another trip back there sometime in the near future.  It was just magical and feels like a dream now!  Does anyone know if we were really there?

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE OF SHOTS AT THE RESORT

SHOTS AT THE POOL BAR -TERINA MADE BEST FRIENDS WITH THE BAR MAN.  LOL!

THE BAR MAN BELOW (HE CRIED WHEN WE LEFT LOL)

FUN AT THE POOL AND IN THE POOL

POPPA PLAYING IN THE POOL WITH THE KIDS

AMAZING SUNSETS

BELOW OUTSIDE OUR APARTMENT

TERINA IN HER BULA DRESS HOLDING A LITTLE COCONUT SHE FOUND.

DAD AND THE BOYS!

TERINA WALKING ALONG THE PATH AT THE RESORT.

LOVELY GARDENS.

NIWA ON THE BEACH WITH JO WHO MADE SURE KEITH GOT ONTO
HIS KAYAK SAFELY AND OUT TO SEA TO MEET THE 'BLACK TIPS'  LOL!
(thats another story)

BELOW:  POPPA TAKING NIWA OUT DURING FISH FEEDING TIME.  EVERY MORN AT THE BEACH RESORT THEY BEAT THE DRUMS AND ALL GO DOWN TO THE BEACH TO FEED THE FISH THE LEFT OVER BREAD.

BELOW:  US  ALL GOING ON THE BULA BUS TO PORT DENARAU

WE WENT ON A DAY TRIP ON THIS BOAT TO AN AMAZING ISLAND CALLED BOUNTY ISLAND.

PHOTOS OF THE KIDS STEERING  THE BOAT

ARRIVING AT BEAUTIFUL BOUNTY ISLAND!

WE GOT OFF THE WELLESLY BOAT AND ONTO A LITLTE GLASS BOTTOM
BOAT AND THEN WE THREW BREAD OVERBOARD AND FED THE FISH.

FEEDING THE FISH - AMAZING!  MASSES OF FISH SWIMMING AROUND.
THE WATER WAS SO SO CLEAR JUST LIKE YOU SEE ON TRAVEL DESTINATION ADS.

MUM AND DAD ADMIRING THE VIEW.

BIG MOMMA - THE LADY WHO WELCOMED US ONTO THE ISLAND!  THIS WAS SO FUNNY.  THE GUYS DRIVING OUR BOAT SAID, THIS IS BIG MOMMA, WHEN SHE SAYS 'BULA' I WANT YOU TO ALL YELL BACK 'BULA BIG MOMMA'.  IT WAS SO FUNNY!  HER CHARACTER REALLY SUITED THE NAME!

A CLOSE UP OF 'BIG MOMMA!'

BOUNTY ISLAND WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.  THE GUIDES TOOK US ON A BUSH WALK/TOUR AROUND THE ISLAND AND THEN WE CAME BACK FOR LUNCH. 

THE THING I LIKED ABOUT THE ISLAND WAS ALTHOUGH IT WAS ALL STILL

FULL OF TOURISTS,  IT WAS SO MUCH MORE AUTHENTIC AND NO FRILLS BUT TOTAL PARADISE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.  I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN ANY PLACE MORE BEAUTIFUL IN MY LIFE, THE SCENERY WAS PERFECT!

I LOVE THIS PHOTO OF DAD AND ARAMA ON OUR WAY BACK FROM THE ISLAND.

DAD AND ARAMA SHARE A VERY SPECIAL BOND THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN!

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT!

ON THE BOAT ON THE WAY HOME THEY DID A WEAVING/COCONUT DEMO FOR US ALL.  THE KIDS GOT SOME AMAZING THINGS TO KEEP THAT THEY WOVE FOR THEM.    BELOW IS NIWA HOLDING HIS WINDMILL.

BELOW IS A WAKA WITH PADDLES, SO CUTE.

AT THE RESORT, JOSIAH, THIS MAN, WOVE TERINA BEAUTIFUL HAT WHICH WE MANAGED TO DRY IN TIME AND BRING HOME.  WE JUST LOVED IT AND THEY ALSO MADE ON ON THE BOAT FOR HER, SO WE BOUGHT TWO HOME.  SEE THE PHOTOS OF TERINA BELOW MODELLING IT!

OUT FAMILY OUTING TO NADI, A MUCH DIFFERENT PLACE TO OUR SHOPPING STREETS!  GOOD FOR US ALL TO SEE ESPECIALLY THE KIDS.

ON OUR LAST NIGHT WE HAD A KINDA FAMILY HOME EVENING WHERE WE ALL WENT AROUND AND SAID WHAT OUR FAVOURITE MEMORY OF OUR TRIP WAS.  WE ALSO SAID A BIG THANKS TO NANNY AND POPPA FOR MAKING OUR TRIP POSSIBLE.  WHAT A TRIP FULL OF TREASURED MEMORIES!

OUR AIR PACIFIC PLANE THAT WE FLEW HOME IN.  BOO HOO! SAD TO BE LEAVING.

THE BOYS BUCKLING INTO THEIR AEROPLANE SEATS.

TERINA IN HER SEAT!

7PM ON THE AFTERNOON WE ARRIVED HOME.  ZONKED OUT.  ACTUALLY KEITH WAS ALSO ZONKED OUT BUT AS I TOOK THIS PHOTO HE OPENED HIS EYES.  BUMMER.  BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SCENE.  LOL

NOW ITS BACK TO LIFE, BACK TO REALITY.